A list of minor characters in Dragonfly in Amber. These include characters that were only mentioned, or played some insignificant role.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A
- Aline – Simon Fraser's sister-in-law
- Richard Anderson of Whitburgh – the man who showed the Highland army a secret way across the field at Prestonpans, thus allowing them to take the English by surprise
- "L'Andouille" – "The Sausage"; a French courtier, known for his sexual proclivities
- Mrs. Andrews – secretary to Dr. McEwan at the Institute for Highland Studies, where Gillian Edgars began her research into the standing stones
- M. and Mme. (Marie) d'Arbanville – social acquaintances of the Frasers in Paris
B
- "Balhaldy" (William MacGregor, or Drummond of Balhaldies) – a seedy Jacobite hanger-on, who frequented the company of Charles Stuart in Paris
- Father Balmain – the young priest who attends L'Hôpital des Anges
- Lord Balmerino – one of the prominent Jacobite earls; later executed at Tower Hill for his part in the Rising
- Father Benin – a priest accompanying the Jacobite troops at Prestonpans
- Berta – one of Louise de La Tour's servants at Fontainebleau; a secret Huguenot, and one of Pastor Laurent’s parishioners
- Madame Bonheur (m) – a midwife at L'Hôpital des Anges
- Comtesse de Brabant – member of the court at Versailles
- Maggie Brown – a parishioner mentioned in Reverend Wakefield's journals
- Vicomte de Busca (m) – young man rumored to be one of Les Disciples du Mal
C
- Archie Cameron (m) – brother to Lochiel; a physician who attended the Highland army; later executed for his part in the Rising
- Hugh Cameron (m) – chief of clan Cameron; a Jacobite
- Campbell – one of the English soldiers who take Claire to Bellhurst after Falkirk
- du Carrefours (m) – a sinister French figure, with a reputation for involvement in the occult, burned for witchcraft in Paris some years prior
- Duc di Castellotti – a dissipated Italian nobleman; companion to Charles Stuart on his drunken ramblings through Paris
- Sister Cecile – a nun at L'Hôpital des Anges
- Sister Celeste – a nun at L'Hôpital des Anges
- Duchess of Claymore (m) – an English noblewoman, visiting the French Court
- Clanranald (m) – a prominent Jacobite chief
- Mrs. Coker (m) – mentioned as the cook at Lallybroch, though she is also referred to as Mrs. Crook
- General Jonathan Cope (m) – commander of the English army at Prestonpans; defeated by a numerically vastly inferior Highland force
- William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (m) – leader of King George's forces, bent on subduing the Jacobite Rising and stamping out its remains
- Ewan Cameron of Kinnock – one of Dougal MacKenzie's men, trapped in the chapel with Claire at Falkirk
D
- Albert Danton – the Duke of Sandringham's valet; leader of the gang that attacks Claire and Mary Hawkins in the Rue du Faubourg St.-Honoré
- Private Dobbs – one of the English soldiers who take Claire to Bellhurst after Falkirk
- William Dundee – a parishioner mentioned in Reverend Wakefield's journals
E
- Madame Elise – proprietor of the brothel in which Fergus was born
F
- Lady Frances Fraser – one of Simon Fraser's daughters
- Geordie Paul Fraser – one of Jamie's followers
- Wallace Fraser – a tenant at Lallybroch
G
- Garvie – one of the English soldiers who take Claire to Bellhurst after Falkirk
- Charles Gauloise (m) – Jamie's rival for the attentions of Annalise de Marillac
- M. Genet – a French banker
- Geordie – one of Dougal MacKenzie’s men, trapped in the chapel with Claire at Falkirk
- Comtesse St. Germain – wife of the Comte St. Germain
- Lachlan Gibbons (m) – a man saved from drowning by Maisri's Sight
- Ewan Gibson – Hugh Munro's eldest stepson
- Gideon (m) – Simon Fraser's secretary
- Glengarry – prominent Jacobite chief
- Gérard Gobelin – an important French banker, much involved with the financing of political figures
- Derick Gowan – a parishioner mentioned in Reverend Wakefield's journals
H
- Jenny Ha (m) – proprietor of a well-known tavern on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
- Mr. Haugh – proprietor of an apothecary's shop on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh
- Mrs. Hawkins – Silas Hawkins's wife; Mary Hawkins's aunt
- General Hawley (m) – an English commander, who led some of the troops that met the Highland army at Falkirk
- Herbert (m) – one of the Reverend Wakefield's dogs, mentioned in his journal
- Hugo – Louise de La Tour's footman
I
- Mr. Isaacson (m) – a wealthy Jew interested in marrying Mary Hawkins
J
- Jessie – one of the English soldiers who take Claire to Bellhurst after Falkirk
K
- Lord Kilmarnock – one of the Jacobite earls; later executed for treason
- John, Master of Kilmarnock – Lord Kilmarnock's young son and heir, who had tormented Fergus; later killed on the field at Culloden
- Joseph Fraser Kirby (m) – a tenant on the estate at Lallybroch
- Brendan Kirby (m) – nine-year-old son of Joseph
L
- Madame Laserre – a professional groomer of noble ladies
- Reverend Walter Laurent of Geneva – an itinerant Swiss preacher, whom Claire encounters hiding in a shed on Louise de La Tour's estate at Fontainebleau
- LeJeune (m) – a renowned French sword-master
- Dr. Eric Linklater – author of The Prince in the Heather
- "Lochiel" – Donald Cameron of Lochiel, one of the Highland chiefs who fought at Culloden
M
- Hamish MacBeth – one of Jamie's tenants; a soldier fighting with the Jacobite troops; wounded at Prestonpans, where Claire repairs the injury to his scrotum
- Aeneas MacDonald (m) – a minor banker who helped to finance the Rising; one of the companions who landed at Glenfinnan with Charles Stuart
- Angus and Alex MacDonald of Scotus (m) – brothers; prominent Jacobites
- Labhriunn MacIan – a piper with the Scottish forces at Falkirk
- Hugh MacKenzie of Muldaur (m) – one of Colum MacKenzie's tacksmen; first husband of Laoghaire MacKenzie
- Colonel Gordon MacLeish – one of the English soldiers who take Claire to Bellhurst after Falkirk
- Mrs. MacPherson – one of Claire's assistants at Prestonpans; wife of one of the Jacobite soldiers
- Captain Mainwaring – one of the English soldiers who take Claire to Bellhurst after Falkirk
- Sister Madeleine – a nun at L'Hôpital des Anges
- Magnus – Jared Fraser's butler at the house on the Rue Tremoulins
- Signor Manzetti (m) – an Italian banker approached for a loan by James Stuart
- (Johan Erskine) Earl of Mar (m) – a prominent, elderly Jacobite noble, who took part in both the 1715 and 1745 Risings
- Marguerite – Jared Fraser's parlormaid at his house in the Rue Tremoulins
- Vicomte Marigny (of the House of Gascogne) (m) – Mary Hawkins's erstwhile fiancé
- George Keith, Earl of Marischal – a prominent Jacobite noble
- Sorley McClure – a tenant on the estate at Lallybroch; brother of George
- George McClure – a tenant on the estate at Lallybroch; brother of Sorley
- Dr. McEwan – head of the Institute for Highland Studies in Inverness, where Gillian Edgars began her research into the standing stones
- Gordon McLeod of Ardsmuir – one of Dougal MacKenzie's men, trapped in the chapel with Claire at Falkirk
- Mrs. McMurdo – one of Claire's assistants at Prestonpans; wife of one of the Jacobite soldiers
- Comte Medard (m) – neighbor of Louise de La Tour, with land adjoining hers at Fontainebleau, on which he hanged three Huguenots
- Sister Minèrve – a nun at L'Hôpital des Anges
- Madame Montresor (m) – one of King Louis XV's many mistresses
- Mrs. Munro (Mrs. Gibson) – Hugh Munro's wife
- Geoff Murray – a tenant on the estate at Lallybroch
- Lord George Murray – chief commander of Charles Stuart's army
N
- Duc de Neve – a French noble
- Duchesse de Neve – a French noble
O
- O'Brien (m) – a Jacobite spy
- Lord Ogilvie (m) – a prominent Jacobite
- Duc d'Orléans (m) – brother of King Louis XV
- O'Sullivan (m) – one of Charles Stuart's companions, later put in charge of the Highland army's commissary arrangements, to ill effect
P
- M. Pamplemousse – a minor French official
- Paul – pageboy to the Comtesse St. Germain
- Madame de Pérignon – a member of the French Court
- Duke of Perth (m) – another commander of Charles Stuart's army
- Philip, King of Spain – the third of the Bourbon monarchs, with ties (reluctantly acknowledged) to the Catholic Stuart dynasty
- Lord Pitsligo (m) – a Jacobite supporter, who raised men for Charles Stuart
- Captain Portis – captain of one of Jared Fraser's ships
- M. and Mme. Prudhomme – members of the French Court, who attend the Royal stud at Argentan with Jamie and Claire
Q
- Don Francisco de la Quintana – Spanish envoy, sent by Phillip of Spain to assess the Jacobite Rising
R
- Madame de Ramage – friend of Louise de La Tour
- Georges, Vicomte de Rambeau – a Court fop with an eye for the ladies; husband of the jealous Vicomtesse
- La Vicomtesse de Rambeau – a noble lady of violent and jealous temperament; much given to the use of spells and poison
- Jules de Rohan (m) – cuckolded husband of Louise de La Tour, Princesse de Rohan
- Ross the smith (m) – a blacksmith from Broch Mordha
- Duchesse de Rouen – a member of the French nobility
- Corporal Rowbotham – one of the English soldiers who take Claire to Bellhurst after Falkirk
S
- Comte Sevigny – French nobleman
- Thomas Sheridan (m) – Charles Stuart's tutor
- Stewart of Appin – a Jacobite chief
- James Stuart, the Old Pretender (m) – James III of Scotland, VIII of England; exiled Catholic monarch; father of Charles Stuart
T
- Mrs. Thomas (m) – proprietor of the bed-and-breakfast where Claire and Brianna stay in Inverness upon their first visit to the Highlands
- Tom – a tenant on the estate at Lallybroch
- Madame Nesle de La Tourelle – favorite mistress – at one point – of King Louis XV
- Francis Townsend – a Jacobite commander; took and held Stirling Castle for Charles Stuart
- Tullibardine – an elderly Jacobite; one of Charles Stuarts long-time attendants
U
V
- Jacques Vincennes (m) – friend of Marie d'Arbanvilles, who sees Jamie meet with Jack Randall in a brothel
- Madame Vionnet – Jared Fraser's cook at the house in the Rue Tremoulins
- M. Voleru – an amateur medico who offers his services at L'Hôpital des Anges
W
- Willie – a tenant on the estate at Lallybroch
- Mrs. Willie – a tenant on the estate at Lallybroch
X
- Walmisley – butler at Bellhurst, the Duke of Sandringham's estate
- Antoine Walsh (m) – a slave trader; one of the companions who landed with Charles Stuart at Glenfinnan, having supplied the prince with a ship
- the Misses Williams – Jacobite supporters from Edinburgh, who danced with Jamie at one of Charles Stuart's balls held in that city
Y
- Yvonne – Louise de La Tour's maid at Fontainebleau.